some nay sayer. there s nothing in that. we re paying down debt, $300 billion, we re increasing production as far as if you want to get the gasoline prices down, produce more energy and produce it here in america, that s what we re doing. and we re investing in the technologies for the future energy. we re doing everything to bring manufacturing back, keep people working. it s a great piece of legislation. normal times, my republican colleagues would be for something such as this. democrats hope to pass the bill before they leave for august recess. as we can see here, gas prices have dipped from one month ago. the national average for a gallon of regular gas now stands at $4.21. u.s. president joe biden still testing positive after a rebound case of covid. the white house physician said the president continues to feel well as he isolates. kevin liptak has more details.
energy, and produce it in america, and that is what we are doing, and investing in the technologies of the future industry, and bringing manufacturing down to keep people working, and it is a great place of legislation. normal times, my republican colleagues would be for something such at this. the democrats are hoping to pass the bill before the senate leaves for scheduled recess at the end of the week. right now, to talk more, kristopher regan is the former vice chair of the republican party, and someone who knows senator manchin when he was the state governor, and so we thought who is bert than you to talk about if this is typical manchin on display, and so the senator shocked a lot of people in washington when he seemingly out of the blue agreed on the bill, but now we know that he and schumer have been working on this quietly, and did it
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